NZ POLITICS DAILY: December 10 2014
NZ POLITICS DAILY: December 10 2014
NZ POLITICS DAILY: December 10 2014
Today’s content
Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation
No Right Turn: The final insult
No Right Turn: We should be very, very worried
RNZ: Labour wants clear terrorist definition
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Winston Peters sitting on fence over anti-terror law
State intelligence
David Fisher (Herald): Why NZ spy chiefs can no longer get away with saying 'we can neither confirm or deny'
Audrey Young (Herald): Nats eye repeat of united effort
No Right Turn: Speaks for itself
Judith Collins SST column
TV3: Judith Collins' column defended
Bevan Chuang: Why me again?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Andrew Geddis (Pundit): Suckerpunched by the actor formerly known as "Crusher"
Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim Post): Liberal media watch, Sunday edition
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Judith Collins joins the Sunday Star Times and cements the Rights dominance of all media
Pete George (Your NZ): Giovanni Tiso et al versus Judith Collins
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Freedom only for those with whom agree?
Labour Party
Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour's election review: What went wrong
Matthew Hooton (NBR): Little talking direct to median voter (paywalled)
Rob Hosking (NBR): Labour's review: Remedial Politics (paywalled)
Nevil Gibson (NBR): How Little's Labour can redefine capitalism (paywalled)
Lyn Prentice (Standard): First review results
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Labour Party Members should be furious at reviews findings
Manawatu Standard: Labour needs to promote diversity, entrepreneurs
Redrave: Labour Party Split Re-activated?
Extradition treaty with China
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the hurdles to any extradition treaty with China
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Warning over Chinese extradition treaty
Dan Satherley (TV3): Lack of extradition treaty no barrier – Key
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Corrupt Chinese could be making political donations – Labour
TV3: Chinese offered Labour donations for favours – Little
RNZ: National confident donations legal
No Right Turn: Against extradition to China
TVNZ: Corrupt Chinese officials living in NZ, and China wants them back
Bradley Ambrose sues John Key
Edward Gay (RNZ): Ambrose to sue PM over teapot tape
Adam Bennett (Herald): Cameraman Bradley Ambrose sues John Key over 'teapot tape'
Corin Dann (TVNZ): John Key has no plan to settle with cameraman over teapot tape saga
Briar Marbeck and Simon Wong (TV3): Teapot tape journalist sues John Key – reports
NBR: Bradley Ambrose sues PM for $1.25m
Stuff: Cameraman files defamation papers against PM
Housing
Simon Collins (Herald): On the move: The life of a renter child
Colin James: When houses are bad for the economy
TVNZ: 'If you want a house, build a new one' - Little poses solution to foreign buyers
Vernon Small (Stuff): Foreign house owners may be registered
Simon Wong (TV3): Govt doing 'preliminary' work on foreign register
Adam Bennett (Herald): PM says Chinese real estate investment minor
Waitangi Tribunal report
Newswire: Government can't touch Maori act – Waitangi Tribunal
TV3: Flavell vows commitment to Maori warden programme
RNZ: Call for one body to represent all Maori
Ian Rennie
Dom Post: Editorial: Iain Rennie's judgment in doubt
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): John Key stands by SCC's Iain Rennie
Newswire: Rennie should carry blame over Sutton case – Little
Climate change
Newswire: Govt to set new 2020 climate change targets
No Right Turn: Climate change: Appalling
Media
Wayne Hope (Daily Blog): Who owns NZ media?
Sarah Stuart (Herald): Twelve Questions: Rod Emmerson
John Drinnan (Herald): Radio rivals play a pricey game
Parliament’s prayer
Audrey Young (Herald): MPs' new prayer rejected
Peter Wilson (TV3): Parliament's prayer unchanged
Other
TV3: Opinion: Patrick Gower's Politician of the Year
RNZ: Fonterra to blame over scare – Guy
Chris Hutching (NBR): Is Wellington super city a takeover by Fran Wilde and regional council? (paywalled)
Morgan Godfery (Maui Street): Māori wards and the struggle to narrate Māori rights
ODT: Employment law behind exploitation
Herald: Editorial: Uptake for Govt's school success plan encouraging
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): A statement from the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union
Rob Hosking (NBR): Dirty Politics: the aftermath (paywalled)
Rob Salmond (Polity): The game-theoretic folly of “always reward with double”
Rodney Hide (NBR): Greens’ school attack fails truth test (paywalled)
Office of Auditor General: Back to training for New Zealand as Denmark takes out integrity gold
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Economy could be Key's downfall
Patrice Dougan (Herald): Trust and confidence in police drops
Peter Bromhead (Herald): PR confusion
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Public servant numbers climb
Manawatu Standard: Our representatives should not be gagged
Tahu Potiki (Press): Our justice system is built on forgiveness
Press: Editorial: NZ must guard clean record
Isaac Davison (Herald): Government sets 62-day cancer treatment target
Colin Gavaghan (Pundit): Is safety just a big disguise, that hides among the other lies?*